Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 81553

Bile Acid Malabsorption: Health Services

Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025

Question

Luke Taylor

Liberal DemocratSutton and Cheam

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to help improve (a) clinical understanding, (b) diagnosis, and (c) treatment pathways for people with bile acid malabsorption.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The United Kingdom has a well-developed network of clinicians interested in bile acid disorders, namely the UK Bile Acid Related Diarrhoea Network, which is working with the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) on a major clinical trial. ...

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